US 11,961,285 B2
System for spot cleaning by a mobile robot
Angela Bassa, Stoneham, MA (US); and Husain al-Mohssen, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,413.
Application 17/516,413 is a continuation of application No. 16/806,661, filed on Mar. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,160,432.
Application 16/806,661 is a continuation of application No. 15/863,705, filed on Jan. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,575,699, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095872 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 10/82 (2022.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06F 18/2413 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 30/19 (2022.01); G06V 30/194 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/82 (2022.01) [A47L 11/4038 (2013.01); A47L 11/4044 (2013.01); A47L 11/4061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G06F 18/2414 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 30/19173 (2022.01); G06V 30/194 (2022.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0227 (2013.01); G05D 1/0238 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for spot cleaning using a mobile cleaning robot, the method comprising:
generating, by the mobile cleaning robot, an indication that a location in an interior environment was not cleaned by the mobile cleaning robot;
receiving, at the mobile cleaning robot, an indication of a user-defined path from a first location to a second location in the interior environment, wherein the second location corresponds to the location that was not cleaned by the mobile cleaning robot;
by the mobile cleaning robot, traversing a floor surface of the interior environment along the user-defined path from the first location to the second location; and
by the mobile cleaning robot, performing a cleaning operation at the second location.